Tag: Colossians

[:en]FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS (vs. 1-7) Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. (v. 2) Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity (v. 5) Let your converstation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone (v. 6) FINAL GREETINGS… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Colossians 4[:]

[:en]RULES FOR HOLY LIVING (vs. 1–17) Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things (v. 2) Put to death whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry (v. 5) Rid yourselves of all these things:  anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Colossians 3[:]

[:en]Colossian church had been infiltrated with false teachings.  They combined ideas from other philosophies and religions (Paganism, Judaism and Greek thoughts) with Christian truth which resulted in the heresy known as “Gnosticism”.  Gnosticism was emphazising special knowledge and denying Christ as God.  The false teachers also taught Colosians to worship angels and follow special rules… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Colossians 1[:]

[:en]Final Exhortations of Paul: Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful (v. 1) Pray that God may open doors for the gospel (v. 3) Pray for God’s worker (v. 4) Pray for wisdom and make the most of every opportunity (v. 5) Be careful in what you say and how you say it (v.… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Colossians 4[:]

[:en]Rules for Holy Living:  Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things (v. 2) Put to death the earthly nature of sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, greed and idolatry (v. 5) Rid yourselves of anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips (v. 8) Do not lie to each other… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Colossians 3[:zh]T[:]

[:en]Paul told the believers in Colosse that when they received Christ Jesus as Lord, they should continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthen the faith with  overflowing thankfulness (v. 6) He warned them of these things:  Let no one deceive you by fine-sounding arguments who substituted man’s ideas from God’s… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Colossians 2[:zh]Thoug[:]

[:en]Epaphras was one of Paul’s converts who ministered the church in Colosse (v. 7)(  He told Paul that false teachers in Colosse were introducing false doctrines in the church.  Paul wrote this letter to warn the believers and remind them the supremacy of Christ that through Him, we are free from man-made rules of Jewish… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Colossians 1[:]